Section 12. Projects affecting navigable waters of the Delaware Basin.
(a) No individual or general permit for a dam, water obstruction or encroachment in the commercially navigable waters of the Delaware River or of its navigable tributaries shall be issued without notice to and approval by the Navigation Commission. Any individual permit application or general permit not acted upon by the Navigation Commission within 60 days following notice to the commission, or within 60 days following receipt of any additional information required by the commission, shall be deemed approved by the Navigation Commission.
(b) A record of all permits issued for facilities in the commercially navigable waters of the Delaware River or of its navigable tributaries shall be filed with the Navigation Commission.
(c) The department and Navigation Commission shall cooperate for the purpose of assuring safe navigation in the Delaware River and eliminating any duplication of functions.
(12 amended Oct. 23, 1979, P.L.204, No.70)
Compiler's Note: Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No.1 of 1982 provided that the functions, powers and duties of the Department of Commerce with regard to the Navigation Commission for the Delaware River and its navigable tributaries are transferred to the Department of State and provided that the functions, powers and duties of the commission with regard to the regulation, review and approval of dams, water obstructions and encroachments are transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources.